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- 7 The Assembler modules, as well as some of the basic service Cobol
programmes, were provided by a company called "Online Systems", no longer
in business. There is virtually no documentation available in the NPF for
these programmes, although there is some evidence in the programmes
themselves that user documentation was originally supplied to the NPF (in
particular, references to a "CRTIO User Manual").
The Cobol programmes in the system appear to be
written, with the major problem being the lack of
documentation. This makes it very difficult for any
the NPF to learn the system in a reasonable time and
changes with confidence.
well structured and
detailed programme
new EDP employee in
to be able to make